Connecting-pipe for faucets.



R. D. GOULD. GONNEGTING PIPE FOR FAUGETS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1911.

Patented Mar. 30,1915.

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ROLAND D. GOULD, OF HOOD RIVER, OREGON.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROLAND D.. GOULD, citizen of the United States residing at Hood River, in the county of Hood River and Statefof Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Connecting-Pipes for Faucets, of whichithe following is a specification. I i

This invention relates to pipe connectors and has for its object the provision of a comparatively simple and thoroughly ethcient device of this character especially designed for connecting the hot and cold water connected with faucets having plain bib's Without the necessityof threading or otherwise altering the construction thereof. A still further object of the invention is generally to improve this class of devices soastoincrease their utility, durability and 'efiiciency. I

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of constructionmay be resortedto ithin the scope of the appended -clai;ms.-

Fora f1 ll indersta-nding' of -the invention- I and the'meritslthereof, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawing 'in" which;

Figure 1is a:frontelevatl'onof a pipe connector-constructed. inaccordance with the present invention, showing the .manner of connecting the faucets ofakitche'n sink; Fig. 2 is a similar yievv," with-the connector detached; Fig. 3*is an enlarged fragmentary view of one ofthe ends ofthe'pipe connector and as a connected faucet bib;

Corresponding and h e parts are referred to in the following d scription and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters. I

The improved coupling forming the sub jcct matter of the present invention is principally designed for connecting the hot cold Water faucets of kitchen sinks and the like, and "by Way of illustration is shown Specification of Letters Patent.

CONNECTING-PIPE son. saucers.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915'.

Application filed August 25, 1911. I Serial No. 646,043.

applied to asink of the ordinary construction in which 5 designates the wash board, 6 the sink and 7 the. hot and cold water faucets secured to the wash board in the usual manner and having plain or smooth bibs, as shown. l?

The device comprises a pipe section 8 having its oppositeends threaded at 9 and its central portion provided with a depending discharge nipple 10, throughwvhich either hot or cold water, or both, may be drawn from the faucets 7 and discharged into the sink 6, when desired eaded on the terminals 9 of the pipe, e union nuts 11 adapted to fit over the smooth bibs 12 of the faucets, when the latter are turned to a substantially horizontal position, said union nuts being provided at their outer ends With annular shoulders 13 which form abutments for yieldable gaskets 14. 'The gaskets 14; are each preferably formed of rubber and are provided with tapered exterior walls 15. The gaskets ll snugly "engage the exterior walls of the bibs 12-of thefaucets so as to prevent leakagebetween the parts, the union nuts 11 being adjustable longitudinally of the connetting pipe 8 so as to form in eifect a slip joint coupling and thus permit'the pipe section 8 to be readily connected. to or disconnected from the faucets without'the necessity of threading or otherwise altering the construction thereof.

The pipe section 8 is provided with a centrally substantially spherical enlargement 1-7 having a threaded opening formed therein for-the reception-of the adjacent end of a racket 19, the latter being secured to a tray 20 adapted to receive soap and the like.

In connecting the faucets 7, the latter are rotated until the bibs 12 thereof assume a horizontal position, after- Which the pipe section 8 is interposed between the bibs of the faucets and the union nuts 11 rotated so as to engage the threads 9, thus securing the several parts in assembled position, and in which position, either hot or cold Water, or both, .maybc drawn at Will by rotating the handles of the faucets in the usual manner. By rotating the union nuts 11 in'themeverse direction, the connecting pipe 8 may be removed and the faucets 7 turned until the bibs thereof assume a vertical position, thus permitting the faucets to be used in the ordinary manner.

The device is extremely simple in construction and may be readily connected either to plain or threaded bib faucets Without changing the construction thereof, or

'without requiring specially constructed tools to effect the assemblage of the parts.

It will of course be understood that the connecting pipes may be made in different lengths and that when the device is used for :onnecting faucets having 'threadedbibs, the union nuts Wlll be correspondingly threaded for engagement therewith.

Havi-ng thus" described the invention,

what is claimed as new is:

1. A'coupling adapted for attachment to a tapered faucet bib and including a pipe. section having one end threaded, a union nut engaging the threaded end of the pipe section and provided with a terminal shoulder, and a yieldable gasket bearing against the adjacent end of the pipe section and having its exterior Wall tapered in a directionlopposite to the taper of the bib, said a gasket being arranged to extend between the bib and the shoulder of the nut with the exterior tapered wall thereof disposed for frictional engagement by the inner adjacent edges of said shoulder. 2. An integral coupling for detachably uniting horizontally tapered faucet bibs including a pipe section formed -witha diswith the exterior tapered walls thereof disposed for frictional engagement "by the inner adjacent edges of said shoulders.

In testimony whereof, I affix-my signature 'in presence of two witnesses.

ROLAND DLGO ULD. [11.3.] I

Witnesses:

Com I, Wanna, A. J. DERaY. 

